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African Americans respond to labor market discrimination bysearching more widely for jobs, which in turn hurts their wages.

Pager, Devah and Pedulla, David S. (2015) African Americans respond to labor market discrimination bysearching more widely for jobs, which in turn hurts their wages. USApp– American Politics and Policy Blog (24 Jun 2015). Website.

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Abstract

How do women and minorities respond to discrimination in hiring? In new research, Devah Pager & David S. Pedulla find that African Americas search more broadly for jobs because of their experience of racial discrimination, while women search more narrowly because of the often highly segregated nature of occupations by gender. They write that African Americans’ broader job search strategies are often associated with lower wages and poorer career trajectories, and that women’s narrower job search helps reinforce existing patterns of gendered labor market inequality.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information: © 2015 The Authors, USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Date Deposited: 10 Jul 2015 10:14
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:46
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62653

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